Rev. Wayne Schimmelmann, C.M.F. died on Thursday, January 12th, 2017 at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Father Schimmelmann was born on January 03, 1950, in Norfolk, VA. He was the son of the late Robert H. and Marjorie (nee Harris) Schimmelmann. He is survived by his sisters, Donna Bourland, MaryAnne Massey and Joanne Griffin and brothers Charles and Allen Schimmelmann. Father made his religious profession as a Claretian Missionary on July 16, 1981 and was ordained a priest on February 1, 1986. As a priest he served as an Associate Pastor and Hospital Chaplain in the United States. During the 1980s, Fr. Schimmelmann ministered at Sacred Heart Church in Poplar Bluff, MO and as Campus Ministry Chaplain at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO. In preceding years he served as Associate Pastor at: Our Lady of Fatima in Perth Amboy, NJ from '87 to '89; St. Mary's Cathedral Parish in Trenton, NJ from '89 to '91; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Chicago from '91 to '92; Corpus Christi Parish in Stone Mountain, GA from '92 to '95 and St. Paul's Church in Chicago from '96 to '98. Between '98 to 2004 he served as Hospital Chaplain at U of I Medical Center and Resurrection Hospital in Chicago. Between 2005 and '14 he was a resident of the Claretian communities in Chicago and Oak Park until 2015 when he moved to Mercy Circle Assisted Living in Chicago, his final place of residence. Wake Service to be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Mercy Circle Assisted Living 3659 West 99th Street, Chicago, IL 60655 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. followed by the Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery - Hillside, IL. Memorials can be made to The Claretian Missionaries at 205 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606; your charity to help the poor. Elmwood Chapel Chicago, IL in charge of arrangement. 773-731-2749 or www.elmwoodchapel.com.

Published in a Chicago Tribune Media Group Publication on Jan. 15, 2017